Microsoft 70-480 Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript & CSS3

Course details

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.

Implement and Manipulate Document Structures and Objects (20-25%)
Create the document structure by using HTML
Structure the UI by using semantic markup, including markup for search engines and screen readers, such as Section, Article, Nav, Header, Footer, and Aside; create a layout container in HTML
Write code that interacts with UI controls
Programmatically add and modify HTML elements; implement media controls; implement HTML5 canvas and SVG graphics
Apply styling to HTML elements programmatically
Change the location of an element; apply a transform; show and hide elements
Implement HTML5 APIs
Implement storage APIs and the Geolocation API
Establish the scope of objects and variables
Define the lifetime of variables; keep objects out of the global namespace; use the this keyword to reference an object that fired an event; scope variables locally and globally
Create and implement objects and methods
Implement native objects; create custom objects and custom properties for native objects using prototypes and functions; inherit from an object; implement native methods and create custom methods

Implement Program Flow (25-30%)
Implement program flow
Iterate across collections and array items; manage program decisions by using switch statements, if/then, and operators; evaluate expressions
Raise and handle an event
Handle common events exposed by DOM (OnBlur, OnFocus, OnClick); declare and handle bubbled events; handle an event by using an anonymous function
Implement exception handling
Set and respond to error codes; throw an exception; request for null checks; implement try-catch-finally blocks
Implement asynchronous programming
Receive messages from the HTML5 WebSocket API; use JQuery to make an AJAX call; wire up an event; implement a callback by using anonymous functions; handle the this pointer
Create a web worker process
Start and stop a web worker; pass data to a web worker; configure timeouts and intervals on the web worker; register an event listener for the web worker; limitations of a web worker

Access and Secure Data (25-30%)
Validate user input by using HTML5 elements
Choose the appropriate controls based on requirements; implement HTML input types and content attributes to collect user input
Validate user input by using JavaScript
Evaluate a regular expression to validate the input format; validate that you are getting the right kind of data type by using built-in functions; prevent code injection
Consume data
Consume JSON and XML data; retrieve data by using web services; load data or get data from other sources by using XMLHTTPRequest
Serialize, deserialize, and transmit data
Handle binary data; handle text data such as JSON and XML; implement the JQuery serialize method; use Form.Submit; parse data; send data by using XMLHTTPRequest; sanitize input by using URI/form encoding

Use CSS3 in Applications (25-30%)
Style HTML text properties
Apply styles to text appearance; apply styles to text font, including WOFF, @font-face, size, and understudy fonts; apply styles to text alignment, spacing, and indentation; apply styles to text hyphenation; apply styles for a text drop shadow
Style HTML box properties
Apply styles to alter appearance attributes, including size, borders, rounded corners, outline, padding, and margin; apply styles to alter graphic effects, including transparency, opacity, background image, gradients, shadow, and clipping; apply styles to establish and change an elements position
Create a flexible content layout
Implement a layout using a flexible box model; implement a multi-column layout; implement a layout using position floating and exclusions; implement a layout using grid alignment; implement a layout using regions, grouping, and nesting
Create an animated and adaptive UI
Animate objects by applying CSS transitions; apply 3-D and 2-D transformations; adjust UI based on media queries, including device adaptations for output formats, displays, and representations; hide or disable controls
Find elements by using CSS selectors and JQuery
Choose the correct selector to reference an element; define element, style, and attribute selectors; find elements by using pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes
Structure a CSS file by using CSS selectors
Reference elements correctly; implement inheritance; override inheritance by using !important; style an element based on pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes